{"product_id":"9781906011826","title":"Jackdaw Cake","description":"Author: Norman Lewis\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781906011826\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Eland Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 May 2013\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorman Lewis recounts the first half of his adventurous life with his dry, infectious, laconic wit. He takes us on a journey that transforms a stammering schoolboy into a worldly-wise multilingual sergeant in the Intelligence Corps on the point of becoming (in Auberon Waugh's words) 'the greatest travel writer alive, if not the greatest since Marco Polo'. We leave him in 1950, just before he started creating that series of superbly crafted, wry but deeply humane travel books: \u003ci\u003eDragon Apparent, Golden Earth, The Honoured Society\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNaples '44\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47925005713566,"sku":"ING-9781906011826","price":33.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781906011826.jpg?v=1782957286","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781906011826","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}